Lebanon’s Byblos festival has cancelled a Mashrou’ Leila concert “to prevent bloodshed” after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and death threats on social media. Emily Wither reports.

You know, for over 17 years, Country’s Family Reunion TV show and Larry’s Country Diner have been asking Country Legends to spend time together, tell their stories and sing their biggest songs. Everyone shares the space together and it’s a wonderful experience. Well, for some of our artists, they’ve been on our shows so many times it’s hard to remember all the various stories and songs they’ve told and sung. So, we thought it high time that we celebrate some INDIVIDUAL artists with their own TRIBUTE shows.

Well, when we realized no one had ever gathered all the members of the TV show “Hee Haw” into one room and film it, we decided to do it! What we got out of that taping is incredible, once-in-a-lifetime stuff that we’re calling Country’s Family Reunion: Salute to the Kornfield! This series features all of the Hee Haw cast we could gather telling stories about one of the most popular TV shows of all time, plus sharing wonderful songs and laughter. And, it wouldn’t be a Country’s Family Reunion without some of your favorite country stars, many of whom played on Hee Haw when it was on TV.

The roots of a lot of the country music we love can be found in the Gospel songs of old. So, we decided to gather all our Country’s Family Reunion friends for a series celebrating the gospel songs we grew up with.

Darius Rucker has opened up about the ever evolving sound of country music. Speaking with Rolling Stone Country, Rucker says it’s completely natural for country music to evolve just like every other genre of popular music. “I think the people who are sitting in their living room doing those ‘Let’s take country music back’ blogs and all that stuff, that’s crazy to me,” Rucker said.RTT – MusicWebcam Performers Wanted – Earn $ 100,000 per year!